"There's one more thing."
Seeing Xu Tianming answer like that, Jing Hongchen finally nodded in satisfaction.
"It's that little girlfriend you recommended. She doesn't seem to have much sense of belonging to our academy."
Ignoring the teasing in Jing Hongchen's words, Xu Tianming knew he was referring to Yuanen Yehui and instead asked curiously.
"What do you mean?"
"She hasn't properly attended classes since coming to the academy. Every day, she just cultivates by herself."
As if recalling something, Jing Hongchen gave Xu Tianming a strange look.
"Oh, right. She's staying in the dormitory I originally assigned to you. We can't chase her out no matter what!"
"At most, she occasionally goes to Zhang Tiezhu's Forging Room to practice that Forging Method of yours."
"But honestly, your forging technique really is extraordinary."
A trace of emotion appeared on Jing Hongchen's face.
"Come to think of it, I should thank you."
Hearing that, Xu Tianming looked at Jing Hongchen in confusion.
"Dean, what are you thanking me for?"
"Xiao Hongchen, of course."
Jing Hongchen did not keep him guessing.
"Before you left, you recommended that Xiao Hongchen learn forging from Zhang Tiezhu. After getting started, he really managed to learn something from it."
"Even the metals forged through this method have drawn the attention of Kong Deming, Elder Kong, the chief royal consecrator."
Jing Hongchen's status in the Sun Moon Empire was by no means low, yet his face was filled with reverence when he mentioned Kong Deming.
At present, the Level 9 Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire were basically all Kong Deming's disciples or descendants of his disciples.
His standing among Soul Engineers was worthy of the title of the Sun Moon Empire's foremost figure.
"That's Xiao Hongchen's own talent. It doesn't really have anything to do with